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Patrons and Performance - Early Tudor Household Revels (Hardcover, New)
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Patrons and Performance - Early Tudor Household Revels (Hardcover, New)
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This book is the first to examine early Tudor theatre specifically
from the perspective of the great households of England. The
aristocrats of the sixteenth century commissioned, funded, and
staged complex and often lavish entertainments for their households
including plays, masques, concerts, dances, and sports. These
thematically and stylistically unified revels, watched by guests
and retainers, were designed to swell the social and artistic
reputation of the patron and to communicate his ideology - in fact
to delight the eye and ear while selectively educating the mind and
soul. Theatre became for the nobleman a means to secure loyalty, a
loyalty that both reflected and reinforced his political power.
Important both as a collection of primary source documents and for
its detailed examination of them, Patrons and Performance first
considers the evolution, theatrical talents, duties and privileges,
and techniques of retained performers, including Chapel Children
and Gentlemen, minstrels, playwrights, and players. It then
proceeds to a discussion of the interlude and of how the unique
relationship between nobleman and artist affects the play's
characters, theme, and structures.
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